From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
The road performance of various American cars, with a comparison of V-type and inline-eight engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img352 | |
| Date | 19th February 1934 guessed | |
| H.S. S. Cart Road Performance American Cars I received your cable and you will have had my reply. I purposely avoided mentioning 12 cyls as I have not yet tried all that are available and so have not a truly representative impression. I have so far tried 1934 Packard 12 1934 Pontiac 8 1934 Cadillac V8 2 1934 Lincolns 12 1934 Buick 8 1933 Plymouth 6 1933 Buick 8 I shall, if importunity prevails, get a run on an Airflow Chrysler next week, no one at Cadillac's has been able to try one yet as the first-production one was only completed yesterday. Also I shall drive Cadillac 12's & 16's. COMPARISON OF VEE AND LINE EIGHTS SMOOTHNESS. I was fortunately able to drive a Cadillac Vee 8 120 miles yesterday and did about 90 on a Buick earlier in the week. Judging by these two cars the line 8 has it every time. It is smoother and more silent, particularly at the higher speeds. The V eight had some nasty crankshaft periods that | ||